paizo.com Recent Posts by Bjørn Røyrvikpaizo.com Recent Posts by Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-27T09:09:25Z2024-03-27T09:09:25ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=206?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#102722024-03-26T10:10:46Z2024-03-26T10:01:03Z<p>Conan was good but I can't enjoy them quite as much as I used to. I've gotten too 'woke', I guess.</p>
<p>Currently about half way through Zen Cho's <b>Black Water Sister</b>, about a young Chinese-American who is haunted by her grandmother and has to talk to gods. So far so decent. It's easy to read, but probably not good enough that I will seek out more of the author.</p>Conan was good but I can't enjoy them quite as much as I used to. I've gotten too 'woke', I guess.
Currently about half way through Zen Cho's Black Water Sister, about a young Chinese-American who is haunted by her grandmother and has to talk to gods. So far so decent. It's easy to read, but probably not good enough that I will seek out more of the author.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-26T10:01:03ZRe: Forums: Mummy's Mask: Pyramid of the Sky Pharaoh (GM Reference)Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qscj&page=2?Pyramid-of-the-Sky-Pharaoh#722024-03-26T09:20:46Z2024-03-26T09:12:47Z<p>The PC in my game ignored this fight and many others, so I added them to the final fight against Hakotep- I could see no reason these folks would just sit around in their designated area waiting to be killed when they know there is an intruder in the pyramid.</p>The PC in my game ignored this fight and many others, so I added them to the final fight against Hakotep- I could see no reason these folks would just sit around in their designated area waiting to be killed when they know there is an intruder in the pyramid.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-26T09:12:47ZRe: Forums: Seven Dooms for Sandpoint: Kudos for Having FunBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43yfj?Kudos-for-Having-Fun#82024-03-23T21:04:11Z2024-03-23T15:03:27Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote>I've long believed that "being fun to read" is the most important thing an RPG adventure needs to accomplish, since if a GM enjoys reading an adventure, chances are so much higher that they'll be eager to run the adventure and/or be inspired to expand the adventure or even create one of their own design. </blockquote><p>Speaking for myself, this is absolutely the case.
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I wouldn't have put in the countless hours adapting old BECMI modules or various APs if they didn't spark excitement in my imagination.</p>James Jacobs wrote:I've long believed that "being fun to read" is the most important thing an RPG adventure needs to accomplish, since if a GM enjoys reading an adventure, chances are so much higher that they'll be eager to run the adventure and/or be inspired to expand the adventure or even create one of their own design.
Speaking for myself, this is absolutely the case.
I wouldn't have put in the countless hours adapting old BECMI modules or various APs if they didn't spark excitement in...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-23T15:03:27ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: What type of bonus does the deck of many things star card give?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43yii?What-type-of-bonus-does-the-deck-of-many#22024-03-23T10:31:15Z2024-03-23T10:23:48Z<p>I ruled it as untyped for exactly that reason. By RAW if it says 'inherent' one place and does not specify another place, the specified version should be the correct one, but I like artifacts to break the rules a bit.</p>I ruled it as untyped for exactly that reason. By RAW if it says 'inherent' one place and does not specify another place, the specified version should be the correct one, but I like artifacts to break the rules a bit.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-23T10:23:48ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Need high level adventure design adviceBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43yhs?Need-high-level-adventure-design-advice#52024-03-21T19:40:47Z2024-03-21T19:33:21Z<p>Having run a group that hit level 20 some years ago, I found it really helped that two of the players were old school enough to remember the days of BECMI and the other two were happy to get in on that stuff. This meant domains and quests for Immortality.</p>
<p>Domains are wonderful because even if you want to handwave the nitty gritty management they still need to worry about diplomacy, taking care of various problems that pop up, setting up laws and institutions, etc. However, it sounds like this might not be for your group. If you haven't already, you could try to start small, like giving the PCs a stronghold and then force politics on to them (local lords wanting to get to know them, border disputes, invasions from hostile neighors, etc.)</p>
<p>Immortality is great because it gives them a long-term goal to accomplish that requires a bit more than just killing and looting.
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Dig out/get hold of copies of either the gold box Immortals set or Wrath of the Immortals and have fun.</p>
<p>AS for high level adventures, I have used just about all the old BECMI modules at one time or another. I have to upgrade a few encounters to work at high level PF1, but the basic plots work well enough for high level play. </p>
<p>You might want to do what I have done with existing APs: take them and mercilessly alter them to fit with my campaign world. As a bit of fun you can let your players start on them normally, and let them feel just how powerful they have become when they go through level 1 adventures. Then they can feel cool when they stop high level problems at the end.
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The ting to remember if you decide to do this is to know the AP in and out because they may decide to <a href="https://paizo.com/threads/rzs43cwx?OP-pls-nerf-2#1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">go straight to the BBEG, bypassing the majority of the AP</a>.</p>Having run a group that hit level 20 some years ago, I found it really helped that two of the players were old school enough to remember the days of BECMI and the other two were happy to get in on that stuff. This meant domains and quests for Immortality.
Domains are wonderful because even if you want to handwave the nitty gritty management they still need to worry about diplomacy, taking care of various problems that pop up, setting up laws and institutions, etc. However, it sounds like...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-21T19:33:21ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Cheese Shoppe SketchBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rymm&page=2?The-Cheese-Shoppe-Sketch#562024-03-21T16:30:47Z2024-03-21T16:23:02Z<p>You just mished it! The last was bought by the gentleman who passed you in the door.</p>
<p>Now, you wouldn't happen to have some wriggly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_martzu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">casu martzu</a>?</p>You just mished it! The last was bought by the gentleman who passed you in the door.
Now, you wouldn't happen to have some wriggly casu martzu?Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-21T16:23:02ZRe: Forums: Conversions: The Shugenja from 3.0 Oriental Adventures and the d20 Rokugan SettingBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43trf&page=2?The-Shugenja-from-30-Oriental-Adventures-and#772024-03-22T21:09:53Z2024-03-21T15:18:33Z<p>Thinking even more about this I have decided that this particular project is finished•. Like the sahirs, most of the non-human magic systems were different enough from basic shugenja that I'm not sure trying to force them into a d20 version of the shugenja is the best choice for their way of doing things. I may get back to them at some later point, but that will be its own project.</p>
<p>If anyone has any questions, points out any errors or mechanical issues, etc. I will be happy to respond and fix things, but I will not be adding any new stuff to this any time soon.</p>
<p>• by 'finished' I mean 'abandoned when I felt I had spent enough time on it' and not 'actually a good finished product'.</p>Thinking even more about this I have decided that this particular project is finished*. Like the sahirs, most of the non-human magic systems were different enough from basic shugenja that I'm not sure trying to force them into a d20 version of the shugenja is the best choice for their way of doing things. I may get back to them at some later point, but that will be its own project.
If anyone has any questions, points out any errors or mechanical issues, etc. I will be happy to respond and...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-21T15:18:33ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Jim “Drawmij” Ward - R. I. P.Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ygl?Jim-Drawmij-Ward-R-I-P#32024-03-19T12:40:48Z2024-03-19T12:28:29Z<p>RIP</p>RIPBjørn Røyrvik2024-03-19T12:28:29ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Future troubles - Othariel's ImmortalityBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xq1?Future-troubles-Othariels-Immortality#72024-03-18T09:40:46Z2024-03-18T09:30:25Z<p>The PCs do what they can for the prisoners but one of them is dead. After giving them some food and water, the PCs begin to question them. Their stories are basically the same: they were at home when a bunch of thugs burst in, beat them up, and spirited them away, and set fire to their homes. The kidnappers were all foreign mercenaries and none would say who orderd the operation, but the victims were all people who were loudly critical of Thrune and his policies. </p>
<p>The PCs escort the victims to Melnir and sneak them into the coffe house they use as a temporary hideout. They are desperately feeling the need to find a bigger stronghold and a more secret one. This will probably be the next item on the list.
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The PCs suddenly remember that they had taken a couple of the mercenaries alive and rush back to the mines. Fortunately, two of them were still there, groaning and nearing consciousness. The third was nowhere to be seen. The two remaining, which include the leader, are questioned. Marianya and Dru and Pattinathar fail miserably at their Intimidate rolls but Cirion succeeds despite the failed initial rolls giving the prisoners a bonus to resist. </p>
<p>The mercenaries admit they have done a variety of smuggling and bandit work in the Rift for a while. They have a contact, and they suspect said contact has contacts in the Thunder Knights, since the bandits are always given notice where it is safe to raid. All useful information recovered, the PCs decide to kill the prisoners. This really sticks in Cirioni's craw but they cannot see a viable alterntive.</p>
<p>The gang then plans some more.</p>The PCs do what they can for the prisoners but one of them is dead. After giving them some food and water, the PCs begin to question them. Their stories are basically the same: they were at home when a bunch of thugs burst in, beat them up, and spirited them away, and set fire to their homes. The kidnappers were all foreign mercenaries and none would say who orderd the operation, but the victims were all people who were loudly critical of Thrune and his policies.
The PCs escort the victims...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-18T09:30:25ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Future troubles - Othariel's ImmortalityBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xq1?Future-troubles-Othariels-Immortality#62024-03-14T08:40:46Z2024-03-14T08:35:36Z<p>Cirion stabilizes the surviving Bastard before the PCs loot the bodies and look into the secret door in the temple. They find a nice little stash of loot and a discussion about whether it's ok to take stuff from the temple of an Immortal they all like is OK takes place. Cirion(Othariel) obviously thinks it's ok, knowing that Ranya would be fine with it, and 'he' argues that they should take the stuff in case someone less nice should come along and find it. They retreat to Arael, get healed up, and Arael concludes that for the moment they should use the stuff. They can confess their sins to any Ranya cultist they happen to meet later and worry about trying to fix the problems of the Rift now. Though he never met Ranya, he heard enough about her from his mother that he feels confident She would be OK with the group putting the stuff to good use. </p>
<p>After healing up the gang returns to Ranya's temple and explore the rest of it. The temple needs a good cleaning: the various artwork depicting Ranya has been painted with garish colors, lewdly emphasizing her 'attributes', and the rest of the place looks like a bunch of careless teens have been sleeping, eating, and f&&+ing for a few years without cleaning up. Then follows a discussion about what to do with the surviving Bastsard. Marianya says that the punks would probably kill the PCs if given a chance and she sees no reason not to do the same to them - pretty soon her CN will become CE if she's not careful. The rest of the PCs do not agree and they heal and wake up the surviving youth and question him. He tells of how the Bastards teamed up with the Nyx priest for mutual interests and how they have an agreement with a couple of mages - the mages use the Bastards as cheap muscle and in return the mages tell keep the temple magically protected so that the Thunder Knights won't bother the Bastards there, and the mages also warn the Bastards of impending TK patrols in the area so they can avoid them. They don't know exactly where the mages spend most of their time, though they assume it's Mage's Island, but they know they have something going on at the abandoned mines just north of Melnir, since the Bastards moved a few carts of stuff to the mines a few days ago. With some stern warnings to not go back to a life of crime and hooliganism, the PCs let the Bastard go.
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Not know what else to do with the corpses, the PCs hide them in the secret room in the Temple, hoping they won't decay too much before they can come back and do something about them. Jokes about getting flasks of acid and a bathtub were made.</p>
<p>Secretly, Othariel returns to the temple and attempts to Raise the dead Bastards. She leaves the Nyx priest and the leader, both who struck her as being unlikely to respond to her offers of a better life. The young Bastards deserve a second chance, however. The kids accept and are brought back to life. The youths accept in awe and in fear and shame listen to her stern lecture about Not Being Bastards, and then she gives them a few coins and some advice about how to improve their lot in life. It remains to be seen how they will react to this but they will not be an issue for the rest of the campaign. Othariel is all about second chances, giving people the opporunity to repent and improve themselves. She isn't much for third chances, however, so she hopes the kids get it right this time around. </p>
<p>The next day, after a good rest, the PCs set out to the abandoned mines. The mines were abandoned in Othariel's time, and in the intervening centuries has been used as bandit hideout, storage area, shelter from invading armies, haunted by minor undead, and finally marked as off-limits because of danger of collapse. The PCs see signs of activity in the area despite the signposts warning against entering. The wall blocking the entrance is on closer examination easily moved and they enter. The wander about a short while before finding the right tunnels to follow. With no one on the team who knows about mining they don't know if the mines actually are unstable, but they see no signs of it. They find an area with some light, a barred area and a couple of guards lounging outside. The PCs have surprise but Marianya descies that the best thing to do is walk out and try to talk to them. This is the player's normal MO. It doesn't work this, as the guards do wht guards are supposed to do and raise the alarm. The fight that follows is basically Pattinathar killing half the guards while Marianya insists on using her crossbow and misses all the time. To be fair, the player rolls s$%!, as usual, and refuses to use Mari's spells, which is unusual. Once Mari ignores her bow and uses Magic Missile, she actually helps in combat. </p>
<p>The guards, the mages and the dwarf leader of the gang eventually fall, and the PCs stabilize the survivors (again, to Mari's suggestions that they should just gank them). They keep the survivors alive and go in to explore the area. There they find some prisoners, who they recoginize as some of the people who went missing in the fires weeks ago. </p>
<p>At this point we end the session.</p>Cirion stabilizes the surviving Bastard before the PCs loot the bodies and look into the secret door in the temple. They find a nice little stash of loot and a discussion about whether it's ok to take stuff from the temple of an Immortal they all like is OK takes place. Cirion(Othariel) obviously thinks it's ok, knowing that Ranya would be fine with it, and 'he' argues that they should take the stuff in case someone less nice should come along and find it. They retreat to Arael, get healed...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-14T08:35:36ZRe: Forums: Advice: The double hackbutBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43ycr?The-double-hackbut#22024-03-13T06:54:46Z2024-03-13T06:41:21Z<p>I don't think there is an official PF1 progression for the d12. I found <a href="https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Greataxe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a> for 3.5, and if we go by that it would do 6d6 (2x3d6) for Large and 8d6 for Huge. Sounds reasonable enough to me.</p>I don't think there is an official PF1 progression for the d12. I found this for 3.5, and if we go by that it would do 6d6 (2x3d6) for Large and 8d6 for Huge. Sounds reasonable enough to me.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-13T06:41:21ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Weird News StoriesBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2se2f&page=18?Weird-News-Stories#8932024-03-13T06:34:45Z2024-03-13T06:24:52Z<p>Maybe England can focus on tug of war instead of football, considering how the World Cup usually goes for them.</p>Maybe England can focus on tug of war instead of football, considering how the World Cup usually goes for them.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-13T06:24:52ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=206?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#102712024-03-13T22:24:50Z2024-03-11T13:15:26Z<p>"A voyage to Arcturus" was a memorable book which has made me think about it quite a bit than any fantasy or SF story I have read for a number of years. It's a bit dated in some aspects, but still I heartily recommend it unless you dislike any form of allegorical story.</p>
<p>Cleansing the palate with the complete opposite type of story: some Conan stories. They areally are peak sword and sorcery.</p>"A voyage to Arcturus" was a memorable book which has made me think about it quite a bit than any fantasy or SF story I have read for a number of years. It's a bit dated in some aspects, but still I heartily recommend it unless you dislike any form of allegorical story.
Cleansing the palate with the complete opposite type of story: some Conan stories. They areally are peak sword and sorcery.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-11T13:15:26ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: So What's the Plan, Stan?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2v5gz&page=61?So-Whats-the-Plan-Stan#30382024-03-11T21:17:33Z2024-03-11T13:07:11Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">DungeonmasterCal wrote:</div><blockquote> I realize that the post above makes me sound utterly ungrateful that Jeff put the game together and all I did was complain about the grind, and yeah, it does. I guess it's the forever GM in me trying to make apples and oranges come out all peachy. I AM grateful to be a player again, I really am. And I shouldn't have complained so much about how Jeff did things. No two GMs ever do things the same and I guess I expected "me" instead of Jeff. I've even talked things over with him and though he'll never see the above post I told him what I said and I apologized to him for being such a jerk. Now I'm gonna go get a tall cold glass of the milk of human kindness to wash down all the crow and humble pie I ate today. </blockquote><p>I hear you. I'm an almost-forever GM and though I love it , I also like getting to play. Then I feel bad about complaining, to myself if no one else, about all the things I think the other GMs did wrong. I try to remind myself I'm not an amazing GM and have plenty of my own quirks/faults which no doubt annoy my players.
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You're decent chap to have the guts to admit your grumblings are perhaps exaggerated and apologize.</p>DungeonmasterCal wrote:I realize that the post above makes me sound utterly ungrateful that Jeff put the game together and all I did was complain about the grind, and yeah, it does. I guess it's the forever GM in me trying to make apples and oranges come out all peachy. I AM grateful to be a player again, I really am. And I shouldn't have complained so much about how Jeff did things. No two GMs ever do things the same and I guess I expected "me" instead of Jeff. I've even talked things over...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-11T13:07:11ZRe: Forums: Television: Akira Toriyama : Rest in PowerBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43y9u?Akira-Toriyama-Rest-in-Power#22024-03-08T17:51:40Z2024-03-08T17:46:59Z<p>My condoloences to his friends and family.</p>My condoloences to his friends and family.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-08T17:46:59ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: So What's the Plan, Stan?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2v5gz&page=61?So-Whats-the-Plan-Stan#30262024-03-09T02:18:09Z2024-03-08T17:42:23Z<p>Work tomorrow, probably nothing happening Sunday.</p>Work tomorrow, probably nothing happening Sunday.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-08T17:42:23ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: Where did Serpent's Skull go wrong?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xzp?Where-did-Serpents-Skull-go-wrong#232024-03-07T20:23:39Z2024-03-07T18:57:51Z<p>It really is a blessing when the players just shrug and say they're OK with a railroad as long as the scenery is pretty and the ride is smooth.</p>It really is a blessing when the players just shrug and say they're OK with a railroad as long as the scenery is pretty and the ride is smooth.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-07T18:57:51ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Future troubles - Othariel's ImmortalityBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xq1?Future-troubles-Othariels-Immortality#52024-03-07T14:30:48Z2024-03-07T14:21:25Z<p>Short session with lots of OOG talk and one player who had to take care of his kid and couldn't make game night, another who had to quit early because of lack of sleep the previous night. </p>
<p>The PCs find Janiven's contacts and secure a temporary HQ where Arael can hide out of sight of the Thunder Knights. Once this is done they spend the day asking about town to see if there are any specific problems they could conceivably handle. Apart from the usual griping about excessive taxation - a common complaint driven home by their current abode being a coffeehouse that sees precious little by the way of customers due to people not having money to go out and drink - they are told of a gang of punks called the Bastards. Said gang is a collection of youths (mostly with minimal or no parental figures) somewhere between an annoyance and a terror. They rough up people going home late at night, are blamed for a string of minor burglaries and robberies, are generally unpleasant when encountered, etc. The Thunder Knights curb their worst excesses since the gang doesn't want to tangle with them, and so the population of Melnir has a generally grudging preference for the TKs and Thrune's arguments that one needs a strong armed presence to preserve Law and Order. </p>
<p>The PCs decide to try to find the Bastards. They start off by sending Dru to scout out the abandoned Ranya temple which has been boarded up and is covered in grafitti, most of if making unflattering remarks about Ranya.
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Dru cannot find a way in that is easily accessible and fails to quietly pry some boards away from the windows, and decides to leave rather than risk making noise trying to enter. He did determine that the places was not empty, however.</p>
<p>Out on the town the PCs easily find the Bastards going around acting like dumb gangs and teens everywhere: thinking that they are cool and tough because they are crude, loud and walk with an unearned swagger. The PCs confront them and easily Intimidate them with threats of the wrath of the Immortals for their desecration of a temple, though Marianya's excessively aggressive attitude provokes them into fighting. The PCs easily knock out half of the gang in the first round and the rest run for their lives. They heal up the little damage they took and follow the escaping Bastards to a secret entrance leading in to Ranya's temple. Here they overhear the remaining Bastards babble about their encounter with the PCs. The PCs show themselves and a fight occurs.</p>
<p>Low-level fights have a charm about them. Pattinathar spent almost the entire combat fighting a single skeleton, with both of them either missing or not doing significant damage to fell the other. Dru was quite effective with his sneak attacking rapier. Cirion spent most of the time fighting the Bastard's leader. The cleric of Nyx the Bastards were working with proved difficult - 4th level vs a bunch of 2nd levels, after all. The PCs made most of their saves but the negative energy channels were punishing, dropping all but Patty, who after having finally taken out the skeleton he'd been working on all night managed to drop the cleric and heal up the dying PCs. Choosing to retreat and rest rather than explore the rest of the temple, the PCs leave and the session ends.</p>
<p>Othariel really feels the frustrtion of watching what are in effect little kids fumbling aboutm, trying to accomplish things she could do in fraction of the time it takes them. She knows this is what being an Immortal and working through mortal followers must be like, but it doesn't make this any more enjoyable. She would break cover to save the lives of any PC in danger, but is glad she hasn't had to yet. </p>
<p>Next session, return to the temple and see if they can find some clues.</p>Short session with lots of OOG talk and one player who had to take care of his kid and couldn't make game night, another who had to quit early because of lack of sleep the previous night.
The PCs find Janiven's contacts and secure a temporary HQ where Arael can hide out of sight of the Thunder Knights. Once this is done they spend the day asking about town to see if there are any specific problems they could conceivably handle. Apart from the usual griping about excessive taxation - a common...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-07T14:21:25ZRe: Forums: Homebrew and House Rules: Ring of Wishing for More WishesBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43y8h?Ring-of-Wishing-for-More-Wishes#62024-03-07T13:40:48Z2024-03-07T13:30:38Z<p>Sounds like something that would be the the <a href="https://www.fraternityofshadows.com/wiki/Category:Wishing_Imp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wishing Imp</a> at my tables.</p>
<p>I already have a player with a Staff of Wishes, and that's powerful enough. At least until they become full Immortals and can easily get all spells at will.</p>Sounds like something that would be the the Wishing Imp at my tables.
I already have a player with a Staff of Wishes, and that's powerful enough. At least until they become full Immortals and can easily get all spells at will.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-07T13:30:38ZRe: Forums: Forum Games: The Cheese Shoppe SketchBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rymm&page=2?The-Cheese-Shoppe-Sketch#542024-03-05T10:40:48Z2024-03-05T10:30:47Z<p>It hasn't aged well, I'm afraid. </p>
<p>Speaking of which, do you have any <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamalost" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">gamalost?</a></p>It hasn't aged well, I'm afraid.
Speaking of which, do you have any gamalost?Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-05T10:30:47ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Do you feel new characters make sense?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43y7v?Do-you-feel-new-characters-make-sense#22024-03-05T10:30:47Z2024-03-05T10:21:31Z<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaIdv79Xz4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Obligatory reference.</a></p>
<p>No, sometimes new characters don't make sense and you just have to handwave it. I've been on the other side of PCs acting sensibly due to the circumstances and it was a right pain to play through. Just accept that it's One Of Those Things That Happens, and get on with the game. </p>
<p>Thrusting a new PC into an established group/story is one thing, but trying to introduce an entirely new party into the story after a TPK rarely works well, and I've seen several games scrapped after that.</p>Obligatory reference.
No, sometimes new characters don't make sense and you just have to handwave it. I've been on the other side of PCs acting sensibly due to the circumstances and it was a right pain to play through. Just accept that it's One Of Those Things That Happens, and get on with the game.
Thrusting a new PC into an established group/story is one thing, but trying to introduce an entirely new party into the story after a TPK rarely works well, and I've seen several games scrapped...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-05T10:21:31ZRe: Forums: Movies: Dune - Part 2Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43tag?Dune-Part-2#172024-03-05T10:20:48Z2024-03-05T10:14:11Z<p>I actually liked part 1 better than 2. Still a damn good movie.</p>
<p>There are plenty of nits to pick, like how Stilgar was reduced to a caricature (my girlfriend and I laughed at loud at the "only the true Messiah would deny his divinity" bit), removing Thufir Hawat and Mentats altogether except as a background chorus, and too many other changing of characters etc.</p>
<p>But as QB said, it's an adaptation. Things have to be changed to fit the film's runtime, to fit the flow of the story, to fit the change in medium, etc. Also, things have to be made more explicit to drive home the point to people.</p>
<p>Amusingly, after the movie was over I heard someone behind me who commented he hadn't expected Paul to be so brutal. I had to laugh.</p>
<p>The three of us who saw it had different expectations and previous degree of experience going in. There was me, who had read the books up to God-Emperor of Dune and knew a bit more about the Duniverse, my GF who knows the outline of the story and themes of the story but not the specfics, and her mother who only knows the first Villeneuve movie.
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All three liked it and the 'dumbing down' (or at least change) of certain characters like Stilgar did help make issues more clear for the uninititied. Giving Chani more agency and functioning as a voice against manipulation really appealed to my GF. </p>
<p>I really hope Dune Messiah gets a movie.</p>I actually liked part 1 better than 2. Still a damn good movie.
There are plenty of nits to pick, like how Stilgar was reduced to a caricature (my girlfriend and I laughed at loud at the "only the true Messiah would deny his divinity" bit), removing Thufir Hawat and Mentats altogether except as a background chorus, and too many other changing of characters etc.
But as QB said, it's an adaptation. Things have to be changed to fit the film's runtime, to fit the flow of the story, to fit the...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-05T10:14:11ZRe: Forums: Rise of the Runelords: Ruining Rise of the RunelordsBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43y5q?Ruining-Rise-of-the-Runelords#32024-03-01T11:20:45Z2024-03-01T11:10:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kobold Catgirl wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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That being said, I'm the kind of GM that loves to take a perfectly good AP, tear it apart, and reconstitute it as her own thing. </blockquote><p>You and me both. They're wonderful for that purpose. I'm interested in seeing more of what you have planned.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kobold Catgirl wrote:</div><blockquote> At least Karzoug is probably safe. For now. </blockquote><p>Cut off his balls for the sake of unlikely romance!
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<p>Am I allowed to say that?</p>Kobold Catgirl wrote:That being said, I'm the kind of GM that loves to take a perfectly good AP, tear it apart, and reconstitute it as her own thing.
You and me both. They're wonderful for that purpose. I'm interested in seeing more of what you have planned. Kobold Catgirl wrote:At least Karzoug is probably safe. For now.
Cut off his balls for the sake of unlikely romance! ...
Am I allowed to say that?Bjørn Røyrvik2024-03-01T11:10:28ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: What do you think ioun stones are?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43y5f?What-do-you-think-ioun-stones-are#42024-02-29T12:50:48Z2024-02-29T12:42:08Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">KingGramJohnson wrote:</div><blockquote> I know that Ioun is a goddess in the D&D setting, and the wonderous items are named after her. </blockquote><p>Not quite.
<p>Like so many other things in D&D, it's taken from the Dying Earth stories of Jack Vance, where they were valuable stones that mages collected, but what they actually did was left rather vague. Gygax, IIRC, gave them the function they have today. </p>
<p>Later D&D settings would occasionally invent their own backstory for them, such as the wizard Congenio Ioun inventing them in the Forgotten Realms. Ioun as a goddess is a 4e invention, I believe.</p>KingGramJohnson wrote:I know that Ioun is a goddess in the D&D setting, and the wonderous items are named after her.
Not quite. Like so many other things in D&D, it's taken from the Dying Earth stories of Jack Vance, where they were valuable stones that mages collected, but what they actually did was left rather vague. Gygax, IIRC, gave them the function they have today.
Later D&D settings would occasionally invent their own backstory for them, such as the wizard Congenio Ioun inventing...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-29T12:42:08ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Future troubles - Othariel's ImmortalityBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xq1?Future-troubles-Othariels-Immortality#42024-02-29T08:10:47Z2024-02-29T08:00:31Z<p>Not too much happened last night. The first 20 minutes were spent arguing about party name, to no decision.</p>
<p>The PCs spend the better part of a couple of months wandering the northern bit of the Rift, talking to the people who live there. Even after the centuries since unification there is still a strong racial divide in where people live, though not as absolute as it used to be. The kobolds and goblins eked out a living on the fringes. They have been ignored and overlooked for quite some time now. They are used to this at an almost genetic level and despite being rather poor, are content to not rock the boat and attract actual hostilities from the ruler of the Rift. Still, the PCs got the idea they would be amenable to a change in leadership and fairer living conditions. Cirion left behind a small pile of gold at each farm they visited, in Arael's name</p>
<p>The halfling farmers disliked the taxes and oppressive nature of the Thunder Knights but had to admit they were better than bandits, and banditry was down when the Thunder Knights were around.</p>
<p>The human villagers of Kleine and the surrounding human farmers and ranchers seemed happy to leave things as they were, with much the same opinion as the halflings.</p>
<p>The orcs in the Farolas Hills were fine with the way things were going. They have a strong cultural admiration for violence and forceful leadership, and as many orcs enter the Order of Thunder they do pretty well for themselves.</p>
<p>The dwarves of Hearth-Home kept the door closed and told the PCs to go away and stop making a nuisance of themselves. Dejected, the PCs head south again, stopping by Stormhold to check out the rumors they heard about some fires.</p>
<p>Arael and Patty stay hidden well outside the city (because they are too well known and bad at lying) while the rest enter and try to find out what has happened while they were gone. It seems that just a day or so after their escape from STornmhold, a number of fires erupted in various parts of the city, killing a few people and several others being unaccounted for afterwards. Among these are the Sarcastic Goat and Janiven. People do not want to talk too much about it but targets were all places or people known to be critical of Thrune and the current regime. Cirion tracks down Janiven, who has lived on the street and in the sewers since the fires, and smuggler her out. Marianya immediately calls for retribution, wanting to burn down a few of Thrune's allies. "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs", she says.
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"You don't have to burn down the entire coop, though," Arael responds, nixing the idea of more arson. Cue another argument about 'disappearing' Thunder Knights and Marianya not quite understanding that even ignoring moral issues, that's poking a bear the PCs can't handle.</p>
<p>The group makes their way to Melnir, narrowly avoiding a Thunder Knight patrol on the way. Melnir is a quiet, old town, eclipsed by Stormhold. It boasts a surprising number of cathedrals - a total of three, which is kind of a lot for a town with barely a couple hundred inhabitants. All of them were built because of Ranya - one to her patron Valerias, one to herself, and one to her husband's, and later Othariel's, patron Khoronus. The cathedrals to Valerias and Ranya no longer belong to those faiths, having been repossessed by the government for failure to pay taxes. Valerias' cathedral has been taken over by Vanya's faith and Ranya's temple looks abandoned and full of grafitti.
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For reasons unknown to her, Marianya feels deeply and personally offended by this.</p>
<p>Next time, The PCs decide to stop gathering info and start building an actual power base, including stronghold and doing good to show people things can be better than Thrune's regime.</p>Not too much happened last night. The first 20 minutes were spent arguing about party name, to no decision.
The PCs spend the better part of a couple of months wandering the northern bit of the Rift, talking to the people who live there. Even after the centuries since unification there is still a strong racial divide in where people live, though not as absolute as it used to be. The kobolds and goblins eked out a living on the fringes. They have been ignored and overlooked for quite some...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-29T08:00:31ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: What do you think ioun stones are?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43y5f?What-do-you-think-ioun-stones-are#22024-02-29T06:40:45Z2024-02-29T06:34:18Z<p>I assume the gems in the names are the atual type of stone they are made from, and the shapes are the sahpes they are given during creation. </p>
<p>En emerald ellipsoid is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">emerald</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsoid" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ellipsoid</a>.</p>
<p>Your game may do things differently.</p>I assume the gems in the names are the atual type of stone they are made from, and the shapes are the sahpes they are given during creation.
En emerald ellipsoid is an emerald ellipsoid.
Your game may do things differently.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-29T06:34:18ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Does anyone know of any special gems or a suppliment that has them?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43y4b?Does-anyone-know-of-any-special-gems-or-a#22024-02-27T16:55:04Z2024-02-27T16:50:52Z<p><a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Jewels" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Forgotten Realms have some interesting ones. </a></p>The Forgotten Realms have some interesting ones.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-27T16:50:52ZRe: Forums: Advice: What reason is there to use Axes over swotds ?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43y3a?What-reason-is-there-to-use-Axes-over-swotds#152024-02-26T14:30:48Z2024-02-26T14:24:52Z<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naBTJQjHXV0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">For those interested in a RW perspective</a></p>For those interested in a RW perspectiveBjørn Røyrvik2024-02-26T14:24:52ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=206?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#102612024-02-26T12:50:47Z2024-02-26T12:39:42Z<p>I have heard nothing but bad stuff about the Sword of Truth. I suspect much of its popularity was due partially due to people not being as critical of horrible behavior when it came out and mostly because there was not a lot of competition in the epic fantasy market. </p>
<p>"Battle of the Linguist Mages" was OK. Sparkly in the extreme, with a soundtrack that gave me a headache just reading about it. Minimal linguistics unless there was some very subtle stuff hidden among the blatantly obvious and often wrong stuff. A romance subplot that felt very rushed and unconvincing. It's strongest bit was the existential threats and fun idea of VRMMORPG skills being directly translatable to RL combat proficiency.
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Not sure I would recommend it, despite Charlie Stross doing so.</p>
<p>Just barely started on <b>A Voyage to Arcturus</b>, which starts off pretty good.</p>I have heard nothing but bad stuff about the Sword of Truth. I suspect much of its popularity was due partially due to people not being as critical of horrible behavior when it came out and mostly because there was not a lot of competition in the epic fantasy market.
"Battle of the Linguist Mages" was OK. Sparkly in the extreme, with a soundtrack that gave me a headache just reading about it. Minimal linguistics unless there was some very subtle stuff hidden among the blatantly obvious and...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-26T12:39:42ZRe: Forums: Conversions: The Shugenja from 3.0 Oriental Adventures and the d20 Rokugan SettingBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43trf&page=2?The-Shugenja-from-30-Oriental-Adventures-and#752024-02-23T20:11:15Z2024-02-23T19:50:40Z<p>I just looked back at the start of this thread and ralized it had been going since May last year. How time flies.</p>
<p>Anyway, the project has been put aside for a while as work has picked up agains slightly and I'm concentrating on game prep. I decided against trying to convert Legend of the Burning Sands Sahirs since we A) have something similar in Al Qadim conversions, and b) the magic was different enough from normal Shuggies in R&K that trying to force them in to d20 Shuggie schools seems like taking things a bit too far.</p>
<p>I'll finish up the Soultwisters, Jackla and Nameseekers eventually.</p>I just looked back at the start of this thread and ralized it had been going since May last year. How time flies.
Anyway, the project has been put aside for a while as work has picked up agains slightly and I'm concentrating on game prep. I decided against trying to convert Legend of the Burning Sands Sahirs since we A) have something similar in Al Qadim conversions, and b) the magic was different enough from normal Shuggies in R&K that trying to force them in to d20 Shuggie schools seems...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-23T19:50:40ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Good New StoriesBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rt30&page=19?Good-New-Stories#9462024-02-23T18:00:51Z2024-02-23T17:52:20Z<p>Good to see ancient make-up without so much lead in it.</p>Good to see ancient make-up without so much lead in it.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-23T17:52:20ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: What are you doing instead of what you should be doing?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xx9?What-are-you-doing-instead-of-what-you-should#72024-02-23T16:08:53Z2024-02-23T13:39:08Z<p>Work tonight, work tomorrow. Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday.</p>
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<p>We're a bit behind schedule.</p>Work tonight, work tomorrow. Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday.
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We're a bit behind schedule.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-23T13:39:08ZRe: Forums: Campaign Journals: Future troubles - Othariel's ImmortalityBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xq1?Future-troubles-Othariels-Immortality#32024-02-22T16:50:46Z2024-02-22T16:45:53Z<p>The heroes catch a riverboat from the base of Wizardspire to the middle of the Gauntlin Forest, home of the elves and gnolls. Marianya is from the orest so she shows the party the way to the home settlement of the elves.
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They are met on the way by an advance guard of three gnolls, who recognize Marianya and let the PCs pass without comment. The elves are unused to having non-elves in their home, even after all these centuries of greater participation with the other races of the Thunder Rift, but they are cautiously welcomed since they are in the company of one of their own. Marianya asks for an audience with Ronorin Silvercrest, de facto leader of the community.</p>
<p>Othariel remembers Ronorin from before, though she is old. Marianya sets forth the current condition of the Rift and Thrune's latest misdeeds. The elves are not fans of Thrune or the current iteration of the Thunder Knights, but are cautious about doing anything about it. They hope that Thrune will just die of old age before things get too bad and hope that the next Prince is better. The PCs make impassioned arguments against this, and reluctntly Ronorin agrees. The elves and their allies the gnolls (ancestral enemies, recently enough that both Othariel and Ronorin remember this vividly) are united in their distaste for Thrune's greater and greater demands on their resources and loyalty. </p>
<p>Ronorin points out that if the party really wants to get a revolution going, they need some form of leadership. The natural choice is Arael, who has the highest Charisma and Diplomacy and Perform (oratory) skills, and has been speaking out against Thrune for years. Arael is reluctan; he isn't a local and does not want to be a leader. The PCs ask if Ronorin would consider the job, given her wisdom.
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"Kid, I'm 700 years old. I'm tired, I could die at any moment and I'm too concerned with the elves to be a good leader for the whole Rift. Pick your young firebrand here."
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With no other obvious choice, Arael concedes. Ronorin wishes to speak to him alone and shoos the PCs out.</p>
<p>Though she has never seen him, Ronorin is pretty sure Arael is Rahnee's son and wants to make sure of that. He admits to this, and has to confess to some resentment towards his mother for abandoning the Rift and letting things get so bad. Ronorin is of much the same mind but is pleased to see he takes his new job seriousloy. Much of Arael's reluctance to be a leader is because he wants the people of the Rift to choose a leader based on dedication and competency, not because of ancestry. He has a lot to live up to and for better or worse wants to be acknowledged for who he is, not who his mother or grandmother are.</p>
<p>While this is going on the PCs are taken to Marianya's modest home and fed and given a place to sleep for the night. When Arael comes back they start planning for the future. They stay up long into the night. </p>
<p>This being my players, someone has some very odd ideas about what to do about the Thunder Knights. Marianya wonders if flat out 'disappearing' small patrols would be a good way to start. Arael frowns and says that even ignoring ethics this would be bad. Cue a long tangent about the "I'm not evil, I'm Chaotic Neutral" Marianya argues with the rest of the PCs about ultimate goals and how to accomplish these. Almost before the group has been formally organized it threatens to split into two directions. This, coupled with trying to figure out what name the group should have, leads to many jokes about "The People's Front of the Thunder Rift" vs "The Thunder Rift People's Front" vs. "The Popular Front of the Thunder Rift" were made.
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Marianya backs down and goes along with rest of the party, Name Pending.</p>
<p>Once this tangent is done there is a discussion IC and OOC about what form of government to have once Thrune is ousted. Cue many references to strange women lying in ponds distributing swords (someone showing up with Othariel's sword would have a fair amount of legitimacy to any claim) and anarcho-syndiclist communes (Arael would like people to choose Good and cooperation of their own accord rather than be lorded over by an autocrat).</p>
<p>The rest of the session is hammering out what to do next in the short term, which is find out what sort of support they can expect from the rest of the Rift, and try to get some information about the inner workings of the Thunder Knights, who are notoriously tight-lipped to outsiders. Some plan to infiltrate under the guise of recruits and gain information that way, possibly convert some people to their cause.</p>The heroes catch a riverboat from the base of Wizardspire to the middle of the Gauntlin Forest, home of the elves and gnolls. Marianya is from the orest so she shows the party the way to the home settlement of the elves.
They are met on the way by an advance guard of three gnolls, who recognize Marianya and let the PCs pass without comment. The elves are unused to having non-elves in their home, even after all these centuries of greater participation with the other races of the Thunder Rift,...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-22T16:45:53ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Did you know...?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nxcj&page=137?Did-you-know#68332024-02-20T13:41:02Z2024-02-20T13:30:09Z<p>I read that one. I was expecting a hundred pages of build-up before seeing the titular vampire but he showed up and ate someone on basically the first page. It was all downhill after that.</p>I read that one. I was expecting a hundred pages of build-up before seeing the titular vampire but he showed up and ate someone on basically the first page. It was all downhill after that.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-20T13:30:09ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: Boo Urdehfan, yay Drow. Random thoughts...Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2v51g?Boo-Urdehfan-yay-Drow-Random-thoughts#42024-02-20T09:00:46Z2024-02-20T08:56:44Z<p>Sounds like a good choice. I don't like urdefhans as written either. Among the many changes I made to SS were the urdefhans. I kept them but had reflavored them as degenerate serpentfolk.</p>
<p>Without getting into too much detail, I had Ilmurea trapped in dimensionally sealed bubble underground - it didn't seem sensible to me to have the city merely moved underground where the serpentfolk could simply tunnel their way out instead of being legitimately trapped.
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The trapped serpentfolk used their magic to try to survive and evolved into urdefhans. I removed all drow and other races that came after they were trapped.</p>Sounds like a good choice. I don't like urdefhans as written either. Among the many changes I made to SS were the urdefhans. I kept them but had reflavored them as degenerate serpentfolk.
Without getting into too much detail, I had Ilmurea trapped in dimensionally sealed bubble underground - it didn't seem sensible to me to have the city merely moved underground where the serpentfolk could simply tunnel their way out instead of being legitimately trapped.
The trapped serpentfolk used their...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-20T08:56:44ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: Where did Serpent's Skull go wrong?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xzp?Where-did-Serpents-Skull-go-wrong#72024-02-19T15:36:41Z2024-02-19T11:16:16Z<p>I'm pretty sure we've been over this before, but to my mind there were three main issues.</p>
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The lack of continuity between modules.
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The resurgence of the serpentfolk should have been hinted at far more strongly in the beginning and the Vaults of Madness felt very tacked-on compared to the rest of the city.</p>
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Saventh-yhi was too small. and the 'conquering' mechanic, like so many of the sub-mechanics introduced in APs, felt forced and boring.
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For what was supposed to be a major metropolis, SY was pretty small and very sparesly detailed. I would have preferred if the bookspace given to the Vaults and most of Ilmurea were given to fleshing out SY instead. I threw out the conquer aspect and threw in a lot of lost city stuff I stole from other sources, e.g. Myth Drannor and Maure Castle. </p>
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The competing factions on the race to SY and conquering the city were not interesting and merely complicated matters in an uninterestin way. I'm sure there are GMs that could make this bit work but it didn't for me. </p>
<p>My version of SS didn't suffer much from these issues in play. I had to adjust the AP to fit my existing game and because I had noticed things I didn't like during prep I could change them before they became issues during play. I'm also in the minority in that I though SftSS was merely OK and the actually interesting bits of the AP were in SY. </p>
<p>I'll probably get some flack for this but the colonialism issues didn't bother me (or my players, that I could tell), though the different PCs had varying opinions on the matter.</p>I'm pretty sure we've been over this before, but to my mind there were three main issues.
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The lack of continuity between modules.
The resurgence of the serpentfolk should have been hinted at far more strongly in the beginning and the Vaults of Madness felt very tacked-on compared to the rest of the city.
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Saventh-yhi was too small. and the 'conquering' mechanic, like so many of the sub-mechanics introduced in APs, felt forced and boring.
For what was supposed to be a major metropolis,...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-19T11:16:16ZRe: Forums: Advice: Are there any non-magical ways to sneak a shield into places?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xx0?Are-there-any-nonmagical-ways-to-sneak-a#122024-02-16T11:00:53Z2024-02-16T10:52:42Z<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfwJgcwE5PY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Get them drunk enough and it can be anything. </a></p>Get them drunk enough and it can be anything.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-16T10:52:42ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: What are you doing instead of what you should be doing?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xx9?What-are-you-doing-instead-of-what-you-should#42024-02-14T16:58:00Z2024-02-14T12:10:00Z<p>Today instead of writing for today's game I'm blowing my nose, sanitizing my hands and staring dumbly at the screen. </p>
<p>I'll probably cancel tonight's session due to this damn cold. Not a bad one, really, but making my head fuzzy and by the time I get home I won't be able to go five minutes without blowing my nose.</p>Today instead of writing for today's game I'm blowing my nose, sanitizing my hands and staring dumbly at the screen.
I'll probably cancel tonight's session due to this damn cold. Not a bad one, really, but making my head fuzzy and by the time I get home I won't be able to go five minutes without blowing my nose.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-14T12:10:00ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: You wake up in this situation what do you?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xxq?You-wake-up-in-this-situation-what-do-you#32024-02-14T12:10:47Z2024-02-14T12:03:11Z<p>ditto</p>dittoBjørn Røyrvik2024-02-14T12:03:11ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=206?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#102562024-02-14T06:35:23Z2024-02-14T06:26:05Z<p>I have "A voyage to Arcturus" on my shelf and for the life of me I cannot remember if I've read it or not. Maybe I'll have to read it once I'm done with the SparkleDungeon-crawler.</p>I have "A voyage to Arcturus" on my shelf and for the life of me I cannot remember if I've read it or not. Maybe I'll have to read it once I'm done with the SparkleDungeon-crawler.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-14T06:26:05ZForums: Off-Topic Discussions: What are you doing instead of what you should be doing?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43xx9?What-are-you-doing-instead-of-what-you-should#12024-02-14T07:11:05Z2024-02-13T18:41:57Z<p>Apart from hanging out here, I mean. I'm a world class procrastinator and an expert at finding other things to do instead of what I should be doing.</p>
<p>Right now I'm at work. Things are slow and I've done all the stuff things I can do for the moment so I should be hard at work preparing for game night tomorrow. Naturally, instead of focusing on what the PCs will be doing I've spent most of the last few days detailing one aspect of the game they will likely not interact much with, including a ton of NPCs. Today, almost involuntarily, I've been shipping two NPCs and coming up with a ton of scenes and scnarios or their courtship.</p>Apart from hanging out here, I mean. I'm a world class procrastinator and an expert at finding other things to do instead of what I should be doing.
Right now I'm at work. Things are slow and I've done all the stuff things I can do for the moment so I should be hard at work preparing for game night tomorrow. Naturally, instead of focusing on what the PCs will be doing I've spent most of the last few days detailing one aspect of the game they will likely not interact much with, including a...Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-13T18:41:57ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=206?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#102542024-02-13T17:00:48Z2024-02-13T16:57:27Z<p>Driftglass was a mixed bag. Some of the stories were good, some rather pointless and felt as though they ended abruptly without any real point or resolution. </p>
<p>On to Scotto Moore's <b>Battle of the Linguist Mages</b>. There had better be some hardcore linguistics in this one.</p>Driftglass was a mixed bag. Some of the stories were good, some rather pointless and felt as though they ended abruptly without any real point or resolution.
On to Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages. There had better be some hardcore linguistics in this one.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-13T16:57:27ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Weird News StoriesBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2se2f&page=18?Weird-News-Stories#8662024-02-13T14:30:48Z2024-02-13T14:23:31Z<p>Money.</p>Money.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-13T14:23:31ZRe: Forums: Television: Let's Talk About AnimeBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2o4yu&page=86?Lets-Talk-About-Anime#42932024-02-13T12:40:48Z2024-02-13T12:31:59Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Greylurker wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Today's Lesson
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If you are not a Magical Girl and you are attacked by a Monster, a Brick can be just as effective as a Magic Wand. </blockquote><p>More proof that Sulfur is Best Girl.Greylurker wrote:Today's Lesson
If you are not a Magical Girl and you are attacked by a Monster, a Brick can be just as effective as a Magic Wand.
More proof that Sulfur is Best Girl.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-13T12:31:59ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: DungeonmasterCal's House of RespiteBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42eu1&page=153?DungeonmasterCals-House-of-Respite#76342024-02-12T20:00:47Z2024-02-12T19:52:02Z<p>We have Russian salad, which the Russians I have spoken to disavow all knowledge of.
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We have Italian salad which I suspect would draw looks of horror from actual Italians.
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Our Swedish meatballs are somewhat authentic, I guess.</p>We have Russian salad, which the Russians I have spoken to disavow all knowledge of.
We have Italian salad which I suspect would draw looks of horror from actual Italians.
Our Swedish meatballs are somewhat authentic, I guess.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-12T19:52:02ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Update me on the status of your PF1 campaign!Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43fd7&page=8?Update-me-on-the-status-of-your-PF1-campaign#3832024-02-12T21:05:15Z2024-02-12T19:43:20Z<p>Woohoo!
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About time you got to have some fun.</p>Woohoo!
About time you got to have some fun.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-12T19:43:20ZRe: Forums: Television: True DetectiveBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qld6&page=3?True-Detective#1112024-02-12T13:20:47Z2024-02-12T13:15:18Z<p>We watched the first episode last night and are pleasnatly surprised. Not as gripping as S1, which we binged the first four episodes of, but far better than S2.</p>We watched the first episode last night and are pleasnatly surprised. Not as gripping as S1, which we binged the first four episodes of, but far better than S2.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-12T13:15:18ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: So What's the Plan, Stan?Bjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2v5gz&page=60?So-Whats-the-Plan-Stan#29872024-02-12T22:12:59Z2024-02-12T12:28:05Z<p>Get well soon. I've had it twice and the first time was the worse.</p>Get well soon. I've had it twice and the first time was the worse.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-12T12:28:05ZRe: Forums: Movies: Zack Snyder’s Rebel MoonBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43v8f?Zack-Snyder-s-Rebel-Moon#92024-02-10T11:10:50Z2024-02-10T10:59:15Z<p>I'm firmly in the camp of 'it tried to be Star Wars but sucked'. Some occasionally pretty visuals but everything else was pretty dull and badly written, to the point where we didn't even bother finishing it.</p>I'm firmly in the camp of 'it tried to be Star Wars but sucked'. Some occasionally pretty visuals but everything else was pretty dull and badly written, to the point where we didn't even bother finishing it.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-10T10:59:15ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: DungeonmasterCal's House of RespiteBjørn Røyrvikhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42eu1&page=153?DungeonmasterCals-House-of-Respite#76242024-02-10T09:30:46Z2024-02-10T09:20:08Z<p>I freely admit American 'cheese' is great for hamburgers. That's about it, though.</p>I freely admit American 'cheese' is great for hamburgers. That's about it, though.Bjørn Røyrvik2024-02-10T09:20:08Z